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Anne Ferry - Tradition and the Individual Poem: An Inquiry into Anthologies - 9780804742351 - V9780804742351
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Tradition and the Individual Poem: An Inquiry into Anthologies

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Description for Tradition and the Individual Poem: An Inquiry into Anthologies Hardback. A theoretical, historical, and critical inquiry, this book looks at the assumptions anthologies are predicated on, how they are put together, the treatment of the poems in them, and the effects their presentations have on their readers. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSA; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 22. Weight in Grams: 528.

Anthologies have been a powerful force in poetry and criticism in English ever since the earliest extant book of this kind was published in the sixteenth century. A theoretical, historical, and critical inquiry, Anne Ferry's book looks in detail at the assumptions anthologies are predicated on, how they are put together, the treatment of the poems in them, and the effects their presentations have on their readers' experiences of the poems.

In an anthology the work of many poets is selected and arranged by someone whose aim is to make, out of the writings of others, a book of which ... Read more

Part II asks how the poems most frequently included in anthologies get there: by what cultural situations, literary circumstances, and internal features. Examples include a group of Renaissance pastoral lyrics, three public poems of 1770, 1867, and 1955, and Elizabeth Bishop's narrative-descriptive poem "The Fish." Part III describes how poets themselves, as readers and compilers of anthologies, have used them, and how anthologies have contributed to the making of poems and the making of their reception. A Coda shows how T. S. Eliot wove certain of his writings into an imaginary anthology that figures his conception of tradition and the individual talent.

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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
Palo Alto, United States
ISBN
9780804742351
SKU
V9780804742351
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About Anne Ferry
Anne Ferry has taught at Hunter, Wellesley, and Boston colleges, Harvard University, and M.I.T. Her most recent book, The Title to the Poem (Stanford, 1996), received the Christian Gauss Award of the Phi Beta Kappa Association.

Reviews for Tradition and the Individual Poem: An Inquiry into Anthologies
"Anne Ferry. . . . won a prize for The Title to the Poem and deserves one for her new book, Tradition and the Individual Poem: An Inquiry into Anthologies."—Chronique "It is. . . . literary criticism of a sensitive and sensible sort."—Chronique "A masterful combination of literary criticism and historical scholarship, Ferry's book constitutes essential reading for anyone interested ... Read more

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